Marines Attack

Julian has been training on Bugi Island for over twenty days. The members of the six divisions have all improved remarkably quickly. Julian has been having Pablo serve everyone good food and drinks. What makes Julian happiest is that the Fourth Division has become a swordsmanship division. Many members are practicing Gale Style Swordsmanship, and their sword slashes are incredibly fast. This includes many female crew members who are also training in the Fourth Division.

Julian treats everyone equally, having them all train with the Earth Weight-Bearing Suits. Alice is among them; she also desires to become stronger. The one whose strength has increased the most is Herbert. He is close to the realm of Steel Cutting. His dual-wielding style, combined with Gale Style Swordsmanship, allows for incredible speed and tricky sword strikes. His swords are also imbued with Sword Aura, and he will soon break through to become a Swordmaster.

Julian also spars with the various Division Captains, often having them all spar against each other to motivate one another. Herbert's swordsmanship can practically overwhelm those Division Captains. However, Julian can still defeat Herbert. Herbert does not possess Armament Haki, so he cannot defeat Julian.

Julian also found two massive iron hammers for George and Pekki, which are incredibly heavy. The two are training with them as if they were weapons. The hammers are three meters long and weigh over two thousand jin. Julian even wrapped their weapons in mud to help them practice their physical strength.

Allison primarily cultivates his swordsmanship, with his Devil Fruit ability serving as an aid. Of course, he hasn't neglected the development of his Devil Fruit ability. With his White Wolf Human Beast Form becoming increasingly refined, his overall strength has indeed increased. Julian feels he has a high chance of awakening his ability in the future. He also practices Gale Style Swordsmanship. Zoan Devil Fruits naturally enhance physical strength and speed, so his speed is even greater. In private, he is also practicing a simplified version of Geppo, a 0.5 version. Julian believes it won't be too difficult for him to reach the Swordmaster level in the future.

Pierre's development of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit is truly impressive. He can already control a hundred flying swords, giving him a bit of a Shushan Sword Immortal appearance. However, he himself carries a Tachi. Julian truly feels that this Devil Fruit's ability is terrifying. If Pierre weren't a loyal subordinate, Julian wouldn't dare give him this fruit. Julian also taught him how to break down and reassemble steel, shaping it into whatever he desires. This skill is divine for both offense and defense.

Leo's Fifth Division is primarily composed of sharpshooters. This is because Julian previously assigned the old, weak, and infirm to Leo. Leo's three Squadron Captains are all sharpshooters. Leo's swordsmanship and marksmanship have both improved rapidly. Julian suspects he has awakened Observation Haki. Just like Chen Dilei, his shots are incredibly accurate. Furthermore, in his Eagle Beastman form, Leo can snipe from high altitudes, making him very adept at ambushing.

Julian currently lacks the resources. If they reach Skypiea, he can find scientists to develop rifles or other automatic firearms, rather than the current flintlock guns. Ideally, they could develop Seastone bullets. Then, other Devil Fruit users would be killed by Leo's ambushes. Julian thought to himself: It seems I must go to Wano Country.

Also, Julian cannot store Seastone within his body. Julian himself is a Devil Fruit user; the moment he touches Seastone, the things stored within his body would kill him. Julian doesn't want to die by his own hand. Julian fears this situation. Whenever a battle is about to occur, Julian's Mud Space will release its stored items beforehand.

Julian genuinely fears encountering cunning opponents. He doesn't want to suffer a devastating loss due to his carelessness, ending up with tears in his eyes. Julian looked at his thriving crew and prepared to train for another week before heading to the next island, and then to a South Blue Marine branch to raid it. It's unavoidable because the Marine branch is too far from Julian's fleet. Julian is also curious why, with a bounty of one hundred million, no Marines have come to pursue him yet. He hopes to gain benefits from them, preferably high-level ones, and even better if they are masters of Marine Rokushiki. Then Julian wouldn't need to raid a Marine branch.

They could sail directly from the next island to the next World Government member nation. Although it is still half a South Blue away from the Grand Line, Julian is already very confident. Next year is when Roger becomes the Pirate King; he still has plenty of time. Skypiea has two more Devil Fruits: one is the Logia with the greatest destructive power, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the other is a Zoan Devil Fruit, the Ox-Ox Fruit, Model: Pegasus.

What Julian covets the most is the flying Skypiea Ark Maxim. Julian confidently declared: "I will definitely become a great Emperor then. Taking Skypiea won't be difficult, and becoming the King of Skypiea is no problem!"

Julian thought to himself: "In the future, I can sell fake information to the World Government and trick them out of a few Devil Fruits. It's not difficult at all. The World Government is also searching for the Ancient Weapon Pluto, and Julian knows where Pluto is. The World Government is also searching for the Nika Fruit, and Julian knows where it is. The World Government is also searching for Joy Boy of this era." Julian declared: "Joy Boy is that little brat Momonosuke. If it's not him, it has to be him!"

Julian thought to himself: "Sell information to the revolutionaries, and sell weapons and equipment to the Revolutionary Army in exchange for Devil Fruits." Julian then said: "Steal more Devil Fruits to develop my forces." Julian declared: "Just ask who else can stop me!"

There are two disgusting Devil Fruits that Julian fears: the Float-Float Fruit of Golden Lion, which gives Julian a headache, and Kaido, which gives him a double headache! Thinking of these two, Julian was speechless; they are both dishonorable and can fly. However, in the original story, Kaido never went to the Skypiea above Jaya Island. Golden Lion was defeated by Luffy in the movie.

Julian thought to himself: "Golden Lion also never went to Skypiea. Golden Lion will be going to Impel Down to work next year. Golden Lion escaped Impel Down the year of the Ohara Genocide Order, which was in the Grand Line Era 1950. Buster Call, Ohara Island, was bombarded by Akainu and the Marines' warships. The refugee ships hiding on the island were also ordered by Akainu to be shelled. Ohara Island had at least two hundred thousand people; in the end, only Nico Robin survived."

Julian's current timeline is only 1946, four years before the Ohara Genocide Order incident. Julian is thinking of going to Ohara then to rob several historians to enrich his forces. "Plunderer, never leave empty-handed" is Julian's principle for development.

Julian stopped his thoughts and continued practicing his punches, striking a massive tree with high-speed punches. Julian also used his Devil Fruit ability to add red heavy mud to his hands as weights. The other Division Captains were also diligently training. Julian planned to train here for another half a month. The herbivores on the island have been eaten by Julian's pirate crew, hundreds of them.

Julian also preserved some blood samples from these animals' bodies. Later, he will recruit other biologists to try and research them. If he cultivates his forces in the future, he will have his own exclusive meat source and won't need to buy it everywhere.

Skypiea is Shangri-La, also called Aphelandra, which has land. The rest are clouds and Sky Sea. There are no such giant herbivores there. Julian also had Pablo capture some of the giant herbivores' young and put them on the merchant ship to raise a few young bison to see if they can survive. They will be breeding stock in the future. He will build his own farm on Skypiea. Then, he will go to Wano Country to steal that Ripe-Ripe Fruit to accelerate the cultivation of crops.

Julian thought to himself: "That Devil Fruit was used to trick the female ninja Arin of Wano Country. She was originally a very beautiful man-killer, but after eating the Ripe-Ripe Fruit, she transformed into a super obese mother. Arin also accelerated the ripening of that little brat Momonosuke, from eight years old to twenty-eight years old." Julian has a strong desire to kill that little brat Momonosuke.

In his past life, he was disgusted by this little brat. He only knew how to cry, only knew how to look at girls' breasts, and he even liked eating them. He specifically went for Yamato's breasts, playing the role of a cute eight-year-old child everywhere. Who doesn't know this little scoundrel is twenty-eight years old? He deceives women everywhere and often goes to the girls' bathhouse to look at breasts.

After Luffy defeated Kaido, this little foolish bird continued to be the General of Wano Country. With so many people in Wano Country, won't he be eating breasts everywhere in the future? Julian's Den Den Mushi suddenly rang, "Moshi Moshi." Julian took out his Den Den Mushi. A voice came from Pablo's Den Den Mushi, saying: "Captain, several Marine warships are sailing towards our island. They seem to be here to pursue us." Julian replied: "Understood."

Julian shouted: "Brothers, prepare to fight! Everyone grab your weapons and await Julian's command." Julian thought to himself: "This is my first encounter with the Marines. Although I don't know their level, I'm not made of mud."

Julian led all his crew members towards the direction the warships were coming from. Several Division Captains followed behind Julian. The crew members watched the several ships on the sea heading towards the island. Julian looked at the warships and said: "There are quite a few Marines coming." The Division Captains were full of fighting spirit, waiting for Captain Julian's orders. Julian directly commanded: "Let those Marine trash come ashore first. We'll trap them like fish in a barrel." Allison said: "Trap them like fish in a barrel. What a great phrase! Captain is the most knowledgeable person on the sea." George cursed in his heart: "This White Wolf is such a sycophant. This phrase should have been said by me to the Captain. Next time, I must speak faster than him and praise the Captain."

Julian thought for a moment and said: "We'll capture the leading Marine, tie up all the Marine soldiers, threaten and intimidate them, strip them naked, take photos with Den Den Mushi. We can use any method against those Marines. As long as they know Marine Rokushiki, we must take them!" George saw Allison about to speak and spoke first: "Captain, you truly are the smartest person on the sea. You came up with such a brilliant plan in just a few seconds. I am in awe of you."

Allison thought to himself: "This flatterer is really good at flattering. These are all things I was going to say. Next time, I must speak faster to make the Captain like me even more."

Julian thought to himself: "These guys are even fighting over who gets to flatter me. This isn't exactly delicious food either." Julian said: "You two stop fooling around. I need to arrange the battle plan." Julian said: "Capture them all. They'll talk if we interrogate them, unless they can't speak. Take nude photos with Den Den Mushi, then find the news king Morgans and expose the Marines, saying they have no shame."

Julian added: "Let them land first. The enemy won't be an Admiral; this is just the South Blue. At most, it will be a Rear Admiral. If this Rear Admiral has Armament Haki, we'll surround and beat him." Allison said: "Captain is too amazing. This plan is flawless."

Julian thought to himself: "They might not be honorable." Julian led his men to wait on the beach. This beach is very long. Julian's ship is on the upper part of the beach, while the Marines plan to land on the lower part. Julian smiled: "I was just about to move the ship away to avoid damage, but now it's not necessary."

Julian began to arrange the battle plan and said: "I'll take a few people to lure them on the beach, drawing the Marines into the forest. Everyone else will hide in the forest with their weapons. Julian said: "George, Pekki, and I, along with the Third Division Captain Allison, will go and lead the Marines to this ambush point. The rest of you wait here." Everyone replied: "Understood, Captain."

Julian chose this plan because there is a lot of mud in the forest. When the battle starts, it will be more convenient for Julian to control the mud. There isn't much mud on the beach, and using his Devil Fruit ability to create mud would consume a lot of stamina. Julian doesn't know how many Marines have come, so he can't afford to expend too much stamina.

Julian, George, Pekki, and Allison walked towards the beach. Julian decided to lure them first. The four reached the beach. On the sea, Marine warships were rapidly approaching the deserted island. Julian looked at the warships and indeed they were much better than his own warship, at least in terms of streamlining. Moreover, the bow of the warship had three large cannons. A total of five warships had arrived. Julian looked at the Marine warships.

He smiled and said: "Come on, let's see who's tougher." Julian, standing on the beach, directly activated his Devil Fruit ability, Mud Missile. He formed his hands into a gun shape and began firing at the Marines over five hundred meters away. Mud bullets shot from his fingertips, opening fire on the Marines.

The Marine Colonel who had just disembarked, Rear Admiral Gilmi, drew his Tachi and looked at Julian, five hundred meters away. With one slash, he cut down all the black mud bullets Julian had fired. He then shouted at Julian: "Kid, surrender! I don't want to kill you." Julian did not respond and fired a few more hardened mud bullets. George shouted: "You Marine trash, if you have the guts, come chase me!" Julian also shouted: "Brothers, run! There are too many Marines!"

Julian didn't want the Marines to become suspicious. If they didn't follow, wouldn't his crew's ambush be in vain? Gilmi, with another slash, deflected the mud missiles and ordered: "Charge and defeat the pirates! These pirates are already fleeing in disarray, scared of us. Charge for Justice!" With that, over five hundred Marines charged with Gilmi.

There were also several Marine Officers who knew Geppo, and Gilmi knew Geppo. Julian knew it was working. The lure was successful. Julian shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Marines are too strong! Let's run! The Marines are coming, run!" Shouting this loudly made the Marines behind them even happier. They all shouted, "For Justice, Charge! Annihilate the Pirates!"